Reconstructing God: Style, Hydraulics, Political Power and Angkor's West Mebon Visnu by Feneley, Marnie

Reconstructing God: Style, Hydraulics, Political Power and Angkor's West Mebon Visnu

A fully illustrated archaeological and art historical analysis of one of the most important artworks of Angkor,...
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Reconstructing God: Style, Hydraulics, Political Power and Angkor's West Mebon Visnu by Feneley, Marnie

Reconstructing God: Style, Hydraulics, Political Power and Angkor's West Mebon Visnu

$203.85

Reconstructing God: Style, Hydraulics, Political Power and Angkor's West Mebon Visnu

$203.85
Author: Marnie Feneley
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A fully illustrated archaeological and art historical analysis of one of the most important artworks of Angkor, rewriting the chronology of the royal capital.

In December 1936, a villager was led by a dream to the ruins of the West Mebon shrine in Angkor where he uncovered remains of a bronze sculpture. This was the West Mebon Visnu, the largest bronze remaining from pre-modern Southeast Asia, and a work of great artistic, historical, and political significance. Prominently placed in an island temple in the middle of the vast artificial reservoir, the West Mebon Visnu sculpture was an important focal point of the Angkorian hydraulic network. Interpretations of the statue, its setting, date, and role have remained largely unchanged since the 1960s--until now. Integrating the latest archaeological and historical work on Angkor, extensive art historical analysis of the figure of Visnu Anantasayin in Hindu-Buddhist art across the region, and a detailed digital reconstruction of the sculpture and its setting, Marnie Feneley brings new light to this important piece. Highly illustrated, the book will be of interest to art historians and curators, historians of Southeast Asia, and anyone curious about the art and history of Angkor.


Author: Marnie Feneley
Publisher: National University of Singapore Press
Published: 04/24/2023
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9789813250536

About the Author
Feneley, Marnie: - Marnie Feneley is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of New South Wales School of Art and Design, Australia.

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